My question involves police conduct in the State of: California
I was arrested and my bail was set at $50,000. I paid $5,000 to a bail bondsman to post my $50,000 bond and was released. I appeared for my arraignment and was given a letter by the District Attorney's office that they would not be filing charges.
Approximately three days later, the District Attorney's Office changed its mind and decided to go ahead and file charges. I was arrested again and my bail was set at $35,000. I paid $3,500 to a bail bondsman to post the $35,000 bond and I was released. The criminal case has since been settled for misdemeanor animal cruelty with a 3 year probation.
However, in the end, I ended up being forced to post a total of $85,000 in bonds for a case that only had a $35,000 bond requirement when it was filed by the DA. Even though I had already posted a $50,000 bond for my release when I was first arrested, I was arrested again for a second time and was required to post a $35,000 bond yet again for the same case. That amounts to a total of $85,000 in required bonds for a case with only a $35,000 bond requirement.
Since I had already posted a $50,000 bond from the first time I was arrested, there was no need for a second arrest and an additional bond requirement of $35,000. A $50,000 bond was already posted for my release. Therefore, a second arrest with an additional bond requirement of $35,000 was unnecessary.
I have been told that this is a violation of the 8th amendment to the US Constitution and would be a 1983 federal action for damages from the excessive bail that was required and from the extra day spent in jail from the unnecessary second arrest. Is this correct?

